Archive for February, 2011
With DICE behind us, #GDC around the corner, and fan fests galore coming up beginning with PAX East, SXSWi, C2E2, EVE and WonderCon, I compiled this game release calendar for the rest of the year to help us track fan wikis, developer diaries, previews and trailers. Watch for updates and let’s see who will top the $1 [...]
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Tags: 38 Studios, Activision, Alice, Atari, Atlus, Batman, Battlefield Heroes 3, Bioshock, BioWare, Bulletstorm, C2E2, Call of Duty Black Ops, Capcom, Cokem, Crave, DICE, Disney, Duke Nukem, EA, Elder Scrolls, Epic, EVE Online, GDC, Insomniac, iWin, Kinect, Konami, Legend of Zelda, LucasArts, Marvel, Mass Effect 3, Mortal Kombat, NAMCO, Nintendo, PAX East, Playstation, Portal 2, PS3, Rabbids, Rockstar Games, Sega, Sony, Square Enix, Super Mario, Take 2, Tecmo Koei, Thor, THQ, Trion, Ubisoft, Visceral, WB, Wii, Wondercon, WoWWiki, Xbox 360
#GDC / The Guide
More than anything SF is a gaming town and as GDC approaches there’s a frenzy of activity building as the game companies get ready for their lavish press events. Expected are debuts for Battlefield Heroes 3, Alice, Super Meat Boy Wii and more. You can get up to speed with our 2011 Game Release Calendar with [...]
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Tags: Microsoft, Adobe, Activision, Ubisoft, Electronic Arts, THQ, Nintendo, Gaia, Telltale Games, Capcom, Vivox, LucasArts, RockYou, Zong, FarmVille, Nvidia, Gameloft, Battlefield Heroes, Trip Hawkins, Riot Games, Inc., Mochi Media, Will Wright, Vindicia, PopCap, Flash Gaming Summit, Pac Man, ZipZapPlay, TallTreee Games, Funzio, Hooked Media, Joju Games, Armor Games, Hero, Monstrum, Tasselfoot, Kabam, Player.IO, Zombie Tycoon, Frima Studio, MindJolt, 38 Studios, 3Dvia, Academy of Art University, AiLive, Audiokinetic Inc, Autodesk, Bally Technologies, Bethesda Softworks, Bigpoint, BigWorld Technologies, Blizzard Entertainment, Blue Castle Games Inc, BSG Clearing Solutions, Bug Tracker, CCP Games, Chase Paymentech, Cogswell Polytechnical College, Conduit Labs, Crisp Thinking, DePaul University, DeVry University, DigiPen Institute of Technology, Digital River, Disney Interactive Studios, Enjmin, Ex'pression College for Digital Arts, Eyetech Digital Systems, File Catalyst, Firelight Technologies, Flashpoint Academy, Fork Particle, Full Sail Real World Education, GameDev Net, GameHouse, Geomerics, German Pavillion, Google Inc., Government of Newfoundland, Great Northern Way Campus, Guerrilla Games, Havok, High 5 Games, High Voltage Software, Holland Pavilion, Image Metrics, Imagination Technoligies, InComm, Infernal Engine, Insomniac Games, Intel Corporation, International Game Technology, iovation, iZotope, Keywords International Ltd, Killer Tracks, Merchant e-Solutions, Morgan kaufman/Focal Press, Motion Analysis Corporation, Natural Point, NavPower, Neurosky, Nexon America Inc., Nordic Games, OC3 Entertainment, OnLive Inc., Other Ocean Interactive, PARATURE, Payment One Corp, Perforce Software, Petroglyph Games, PixelActive, RAD Game Tools, ROBLOX Corporation, Rochester Institute of Technology, Savannah College of Art and Design, Scaleform, Scottish Development International, SlickEdit, Softkinetic, Sony Computer Entertainment America, Sony DADC, SpeedTree/IDV, TECHEXCEL, Tencent Boston, The Guildhall at SMU, Trinigy, Tripwire Interactive LLC, Umbra Software Ltd., Unity Technologies, Valve Software, Versant Corporation, VMC Gamelabs, Voyetra Turtle Beach, Wacom Technologies, Wake County Economic Development, Warner Bros Entertainment, Westwood College, WMS Gaming, Xsens Technologies B.V., ZeniMax Online Studios, Assassin's Creed, Mortal Kombat, Splinter Cell, Star Wars Old Republic, FIFA Superstars, Yu Suzuki, Halo Reach, Super Meat Boy, Angry Birds
Gaming Press/RIP Guitar Hero
Shocking news from the gaming world this week as Activision kills Guitar Hero and shutters Red Octane. Although Viacom recently dumped Harmonix for less than the price of a Rock Band game, Harmonix swears the franchise is not dead riding high on a Metacritic rating of 93 for Rock Band 3. Much higher than the Metacritic rating [...]
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Tags: Activision, Dead Pixel, DICE, gaming, GDC, Guitar Hero, Harmonix, IGN GameSpot G4TV GamesRadar Gamasutra GameInformer Edge 1UP Destructoid Kotaku Joystiq GiantBomb Wikia, Inside Gaming, Machinima, Red Octane, Rock Band, Wikia
Ogilvy had a big team out in San Francisco today for Social Media Week. Their morning session at SPUR sold out almost as fast as Coachella. The WSJ was to my side and behind me was the Peachpit PR guru who executed the Bunny Ears Blitz on Macworld 2009. Nokia popped in to give away [...]
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Tags: #SMWSF, 140 Proof, @intelfuturist, Amazon, BAMM.tv, Blippy, Brian David Johnson, Coachella, Facebook, Intel, Like, Lithium, Nokia, Ogilvy, Pop17, Silicon Valley Experiment, WSJ, YouTube
What a way to start the week! Arianna Huffington, now AOL content czar, swings $315mm in HuffPo acquisition and fulfills promise to make blogging a pay profession. Of course, as an AOL music blogger, I’m biased and couldn’t be happier, for this now makes two iconic bosses in my career and great cocktail chatter for [...]
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Tags: #SFAMA, #SMWSF, AOL, BAMM.tv, Brand Video Strategy, CBS Interactive, Cisco, CoTweet, DICE, Huffington Post, Meebo, Monetize, Ning, Ogilvy, PeopleBrowsr, SFMOMA, Social Media, Social Media Week, SPUR, YouTube, Zozi, Zynga
